Amy Gomm (b.1899-1984): Reading and Writing Part 2 ‘Nobody supervised my reading, at this time. But it didn’t matter. There was no time to read’ (31). As discussed in my …
Dora R. Hannan (1909-2001): Reading and Writing “I loved to curl up in the fireside corner with a book, I could read before I went to school, and there …
H J Harris (b.1903): Reading and Writing HJ went into the orphanage at age 3 and was there till the age of 14, so any reading that he …
Thomas Raymont (1864-1949): Reading and Writing ‘Let me confess at once that I was drawn into the ranks of ‘P.T.’s’, not because I loved teaching, but because I …
Louise Shore: Reading and Writing To modern day readers, Louise Shore’s experience of reading and writing is hard to comprehend. Even as an adult Shore struggled with …
Minnie Frisby (b. 1877): Reading and Writing Early nineteenth century literacy was based on the ability to sign the marriage register. Education was a gift that was taken away …
Frank George Marling (1863-1954): Reading and Writing Frank mentions reading a few times throughout his memoirs. He does not write about great novels or poems that he enjoyed, like Dora …
Edward Balne (b. 1895) Reading & Writing Edward Balne, from an educational standpoint was certainly not self-taught. I have already hypothesized that he was in fact given more time …
Nora Isabel Adnams: Reading and Writing ‘If wet in the afternoon and we had to stay in, we would have word-making, letters cut out in cardboard, but we …
Alexander Howison (b.1795): Reading & Writing Alexander omits any discussion of his reading and writing habits completely from his autobiography. He was much more interested in presenting his …
